many of you range in the -- rang in the new year in style in maryland and arnold the world. we will recap the big night on the first day of 2013. good morning maryland and happy new year alongside mike masco i am charley crowson. megan is off today. >> we made it. >> how did you do. >> i did pretty good i got up and sought ball come down and you know -- saw the ball come down and you know that's it. >> best behavior. >> the boss texted me by the way you are working lynette is back by tomorrow by way. >> all right. >> you are done with me and i am out of here. >> awed pretty tough week last week with the snow and rain -- you had a pretty tough week last week with the snow and rain and ushering in mildh. >> she will bring a blast of arctic air we will blame her. look at the maps and we will show you downtown. well, everybody cleared out. big festivity last night. right now, we sit at 40 degrees

and that's mild for this time of the year where we should be usually into the upper 20s and low 30s. that's not the case. we find some rain showers. it's really from anne arundel county towards the south. and that's where it will stay. we are not expecting precip or heavy rain or snow today. it's going to feature clouds. 38 eldersburg. right up to cecil county elkton one of my favorites spots and 41 in annapolis. a lot of clouds on top us at the present moment. there's a system. it's a week area of low pressure producing snows in charston west virginia and some rain back over north carolina. that is sliding towards the south. >> the big deal. but the bigger deal will be the temperatures. while we are at 40 in town and it's near 50 in raleigh, it's 15 below zero in international falls. chicago this is bearing down on you. it's 15 on its way and i think it gets like 22 today in chicago. so that should give you an idea of how cold the air will be and that's what will be coming in

and by wednesday, thursday, charley we will be having to deal with that and i will show you that in the seven-day forecast coming up in little bit. we have breaking news overnight. the u.s. senate overwhelmingly passed a budget deal to avert the physical cat cliff -- fiscal cliff which would increase taxes and set into motion deep spending cuts. this is video of vice president joe biden after a meeting with top senate leaders. but the house of representatives has to vote on the measure. they left capitol hill yesterday without approving deals. so can congress get this done and finalize today? the deadline is passed and we could know by lunchtime today. here's ed payne with -- pain with -- payne with more on the story. >> reporter: at the stroke of midnight, many americans were celebrating and ringing in the new year. but the mood in washington was much more serious.vice president joe biden went to capitol hill monday night after senate leaders struck a deal with the white house. >> happy new year. >> reporter: the senate went

back into session and around 2 a.m. the vote was in. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> reporter: in an 89-8 vow they approve a measure -- vote, they approveed a measure -- he proved a measure to keep bush era tax cuts for those earning less than 400,000. hairy reid says the goal was to -- harry reid said the goal was to protect middle class families. >> middle class families are wake up assured their tax won't go you will 2200. they will know how to pay for car payments next year. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell said republicans agreed rather than let middle class suffer. >> we don't think taxes should be going up on anyone but we all knew that if we did nothing they would be going up on everyone today. we weren't going to let that

happen. >> reporter: the house reconvenes at noon and is expected to take up the measure at that time. i am ed payne reporting. many couples have been waiting a lifetime for this day. today, same sex couples can legally marry here in maryland. the measure was approved by voters back in november and sherrie johnson is live at city hall where some couples have already tied the knot. it's just five after six. >> reporter: that's right. a big day here in maryland. about 7 same sex couples tied the knot here at city hall in downtown baltimore. a historic day and baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake was actually the host of some of the first marriages for same sex couples in the state of maryland. she performed the very first ceremony. the couples brought friends and family to take part in the historic event. new year's day will have a new meaning for many couples who can finally have the right to marchy the person they love -- marry the person they love.

same sex couples got a license in december and were able to tie the knot with the new law. new year's day marks the culmination of years of work by gay and lesbian marylanders and allies to pervade legislators and voters to support full rights for same sex couples. >> there's so many people who have a chance now to have the life they wanted for themselves and their family, and i am so proud of maryland that we chose equality over hate. >> there's also a bit of a why o-yo because there was moments when the legislature passed the bill and the governor signed it and had to go to the ballot. and so then you had to wait for november to see how the voters would vote. >>. >> reporter: that first ceremony took place at 12:30 this morning. the seven couples will go down in history as the first to say i do. reporting live in city hall,

sherrie johnson. 6:305. the blood -- 6:05. blood clot found in secretary of state hillary clinton is more serious than first believed. it's located between the brain and skull. it didn't result in a stroke or neurological damage. it was discovered during a follow-up exam from the concussion she suffered a few weeks ago. doctors say clinton will be out of the hospital once her medication is established. that could take up to two days. other than that, they say she is making excellent progress and is in good spirits. we have pictures of two teens arrested and charged with beating another man. police say terrance green and dominic wardrk attacked a 38- year-old man in november. the victim was found on the sidewalk near lombard and howard streets. he is still in the hospital this morning. green and wardrick are both 18 years old. it's not clear what happened to a 78-year-old man minutes before he crashed his car into the carroll hospital center. police say thomas skipper had some sort of a medical emergency right before losing control of his car. they say he drove up the sidewalk and knocked into a

tree and then slammed into the building. his car went into the office where a woman was working. >> the area was occupied and our associates are fine. the driver of the vehicle was taken to the emergency department. >> skipper was pronounced dead in the er. the hospital remained open despite the damage. crews are said to come in to make repairs at the sleep center. shots rang out during a new year's eve celebration in old sacramento california. police say 40,000 people had came out to old sacramento for a fireworks show when the gunfire erupted. no word on what prompted the shooting. police are still looking for a suspect. fortunately we didn't see anything like this during our new year's eve celebration in baltimore. people packed the inner harbor last night bands play at amphitheater theater and visitors bundle up from head to toe to see the sights and hear the sounds. it's easier to watch from home

but the revelers would rather be outside and enjoying the final moments as 2012 wound down. >> this year's fireworks display featured the colors orange and white as a tribute to the orioles and their 2012 season. they were -- theres werer sponsors event as a thank you to loyal fans. north of charm city the big apple welcomed in 2013 the only way it knows how, a lot of people packed times square towatch a chris to covered ball descend among the 1ton of confetti dropped over the hundreds of thousands of people there. messages were to the late dick clark. this was the first year without the iconic host. the confetti had wishs for visitors to new york city and what they hoped to accomplish in the coming year.

in atlanta last night, it was a lit up peach that dropped. it is billed as the largest new year's eve celebration in the southeastern u.s. tens of thousands of people come out to atlanta each year to watch the 800 pound peach drop. after it drops, fireworks light up the night sky like what you see in new york. but they do it southern style. new year's resolutions are easier to make than they are to keep. i think we have been guilty of this. you can stick to your goals in 2013 and you can do it by relying on your smart phone. we have got apps you might want to look at to help stick to the goals for the coming year. we love to give ourselves a cheat day or eat out instead of slave over the stove. we have tips how to make healthier options and do it on a pretty good budget. mike masco. >> well plenty healthy to me. 40 in town but look how cold it is up towards canada. it's 6 below. it's 15 below in international falls. that cold air is on the way to

baltimore. details coming newspaper as we go to break a. live look -- >> as we go to break -- coming up. >> as we go to break, a live look at new york. let's go to the big apple for the latest in tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites a security flaw in internet explorer. it's in version 6, 7 and 8 and can allow hackers to take over a computer and put malicious codes on the website infetting those who use the browser. say bye to the net book. the last two manufacturers are ending production as of today. the small lap tops designed to connect to the internet were proplaced by tablets such as the microsoft surface. am don apologizeded for the christmas eve outage on netflix. they host commercial websites and many of the video services customers were not able to access the movies in television into christmas day. and are you taking calls for work today? if you are, stop. some companies are telling their employees to shut off the phones when they are not at work and relax. one company calls it the

blackberry blackout. sounds like the good idea. those are the tech bites and i am john muller.

it's about 15 after 6 on this new year's day morning. you have to see these sculptures part of a festival in the chinese city. sculptors make boats to dragons. visitors can climb to the top of the giant ice formations and that's a sphinx deal. it's part of a festival with unique competition. contestants are asked to drink aliter of ice cold beer as quickly as they can. every year you make a new year's resolution and by

february you promised what you were going to accomplish. this morning lori has new apps out there that can help you stick to the resolution. >> reporter: it's time to make the new years' resolutions. but. >> happier and healthier. >> lose my temper less often. >> i am going to try again this year to get in better physical shape. >> reporter: you know, the resolutions you sometimes keep. >> that's my new year's resolution year after year. >> reporter: isn't there an app for that. >> there may be a app for that. the app i am turned with is the appetizer and not the phone app. >> reporter: that's where health tap comes in it's not an appetizer but it puts health on the plate. >> people ask about healthy like how they can be proactive about their health thinking about things like nutrition you know better eating and using -- reducing stress especially around the holidays sleeping a little bit better. >> reporter: the service can connect useers were doctors

that can answer health questions. they can use it to choose a resolution and work with a doctor to achieve it. >> if you have questions of how to do it, when to a do it how to sustain it you can ask your doctors get an answer for free and continue and getting it throughout the year. >> reporter: for those look for more organization in the new year an app called brew ster consolidates -- brewster consolidates contacts. >> if you are thinking about networking and who to reap out to to say hello, to the people -- reach out to to say hello, they are a search away. >> reporter: it combines your contacts creating a digital view of the personal relationships. >> it has all the nuts and bolts of things like e-mails and phone numbers and facebook user name and shows the notes and interests and hobbies. >> reporter: if you find a group of friends who want to work on the same resolution build your app to work on your goals together. >> anybody can create an app and people are creating all sorts of apps. >> reporter: to create one head

to the website pick a theme add friends and it's ready to install. >> within 5 or 10 minutes you've got an app. >> reporter: you created a buff in 2013 app and this is your goal. >> we created this app with some of my friends with a similar goal. as time goes on as we work towards the goals we can encourage each other. >> reporter: that could be a new year's resolution to build an app. >> if that was the resolution, with yap you can accomplish it on day one. >> reporter: cnn money, new york. with a little extra help we put together a section on the website to help you stick to the resolution. for example if you want to shed a few pounds we have tips to help you reach the weight loss goal and see what resolutions are that the tops for 2012. we are asking you on facebook what is your resolution for the coming year. like our facebook fan page and tell us what you hope to accomplish coming up in 2013. you know one of the great things about work here.

we are bening the rules today. we are -- bending the rules today we are next to a starbucks and need an extra jolt. >> >> i resolution is stop drinking coffee. >> seriously? >> it lasted a couple hours. >> we are six hours and 15 minutes into it and you lost it. >> i will think of something different. right now, not coffee. >> you talked about something different, we have got something different coming up in the forecast. >> we do. it's mild out there right now. you look at the bug and it's into the 30s right now. and near 40 in a lot of spots. chesapeake beach is 40 degrees and that's mild for this time of the year. 40 at bwi and you notice the winds just about a gentle breeze. we go over to maryland's most powerful radar and this is suspect. there's showers south in annapolis and it's possible light drizzle but really headlining the fact that any precip that fall this is afternoon will be well south and west of the city. so, 45 in baltimore city and 40 at the airport and we have 40 30s outside the beltway.

don't think they go further than that. but this map is telling. ten degrees milder than where we were in comparison to yesterday morning at this time. 13 in york so it's very mild. look at salisbury. near 20 degrees milder than where we were yesterday morning. so your planner shows 30s through the course of this morning. and i think i have to take that temperature up about 40 a solid 40 goes to 43 and by the 4:00 hour. that system that's producing maybe some very light showers over and alleys and anne arundel county staying off towards the south. then you notice cold air that's starting to build over western p.a. snow flurries being detected. buffalo is at 28. and it's 15 below zero in international falls and it's negative 3 in minnesota. that gebs you an idea of the cold air on its way into the area by tomorrow going into thursdayp clouds hang tough for the afternoon. showers well to the south and clear skies by wednesday. but we will see a lot of sunshine on wednesday, those

temperatures are going to feel chilly. so soak up the 42 today because it's going to come crashing down tonight. 27 degrees partly cloudy skies and chilly. your exclusive 7-day forecast for maryland's most accurate weather team. 34 on thursday, and a bit of a breeze. and overnight lows wednesday night, thursday night and friday night, struggle to get out of the teens and low 20s across the area. that's mighty chilly stuff. we will talk more weather coming up. you cook for your family most days of the week but there are times when you want to put the pots and pans away and get take out. ordering online is easy but the calories can add up. this morning karin caifa has tips on how to a get food that's healthy and inexpensive. >> reporter: the concept of ordering food online has made dinner easy. but it can make it more costly and less healthy. a recent study from the university of rochester evaluated 16 a out -- 106,000

-- 160,000 online orders in the course of 4 1/2 years. under the cloak of anonymity orders with higher cost and more calories. the same online tools to load more tops toppings on a pizza can be used to customize a healthier meal. grub hub has add more options. >> we had a lot of people ask for the kind of low fat low carb veg toreian gluten free things like that because they want more healthy options. >> reporter: ordering online means requests to take off sauceage and substitute healthier sides are less likely to get lost in the shuffle. for big portion put half to the side as soon as it arrives. >> one of the things that's nice about delivery food is it comes in its own containers and you can put half in the fridge and use as a leftover. >> reporter: that cuts calories and turns one meal into two or possibly three adding more bang and less bulk for the buck. >> the cold weather can do a

number on your skin. and did you know you are at risk for developing skin cancer during the winter months? doctors say it's important to wear sunscreen before going outside even if it's not a very sunny day. one in five americans will get he some form of skin cancer in their lifetime and knowing what to look for is important. >> the most common kinds of skincancer is basil cell cars nomeas and they are red bumps or red scaly spots that don't go away. they are -- scaly spots that don't go away. if it's in a area that gets a lot of sun you night to be concerned. >> that's not a bad idea to wear sunglasses to protect your eyes against harmful rays especially in the higher altitudes. with new year comes new laws. there are things lining minimum wage increase and new tax and fees -- things like minimum wage increase and new taxes and fees. and the first of the year means the rose parade. you can expect to -- what you

can expect to see coming up later today. as we go to break pictures of moscow. them bringing in the new year with a wonderful fireworks display. this over red square. good morning maryland continues in few moments.

the new year means new laws and we have a few that are take effect in maryland and there's pretty interesting ones on the books in other parts of the u.s. it's now illegal to sell, trade or possess shark fins in illinois. and in florida, you no long ver to register your swamp buggy and in ken to tucky it's illee to release a wild hog into the wild. that's what the law says. no lodger releasing -- know longer releasing wild hogs into the wild. enjoying your day off nursing that hangover check out tournament of roses parade coming up this morning. more than a million people will line the parade route in california. it takes 8 0,000 hours of

manpower to complete the floats and there are 42 of them this year with themes like celebrating organ donation and honoring men and women of the korean war. the festival of flowers, music and sports kicks off here at abc2. coverage of the parade begins at 11. followed by the 99th rosebowl game. the rains are getting rade for a big game this weekend -- ready for a big game this weekend. they will bring out a lot of purple. we will tell you where they will paint the brushes and the lawns all of that is coming out this morning. and here's hong kong celebrating the beginning of 2013 there. a huge fireworks display coming up over victoria harbor. good morning maryland continues in a moment.

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